Thubana xanthoteles

Thubana xanthoteles
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Thubana
Species: T. xanthoteles
Binomial name
Thubana xanthoteles
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Lecithocera xanthoteles Meyrick, 1923
  • Lecithocera melitopyga Meyrick, 1923 disputed
  • Thubana stenosis Park, 2003

Thubana xanthoteles is a species of moth of the Lecithoceridae family. It is found in Yunnan province in China, and in Thailand, India and Sri Lanka.

Taxonomy

Meyrick described Thubana xanthoteles on the basis of two female specimens and described Thubana melitopyga from one female specimen. Clarke regarded Thubana melitopyga as a junior synonym of Thubana xanthoteles. Park described Thubana stenosis on the basis of specimens collected from north Thailand, which bears a "golden yellow bandlike costal patch" on the forewing. He also noticed that the female genitalia of Thubana stenosis are hardly distinguishable from those of Thubana xanthoteles. Later study concluded that the male genitalia of the three specimens collected in south Yunnan undoubtedly match with those of Thubana stenosis described by Park, and the female genitalia match with those of Thubana stenosis and of Thubana xanthoteles.

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